Buffalo Sabres vs Quebec Nordiques
Regular season · Saturday, December 19, 1981 · Le Colisée
Game summary
The Quebec Nordiques beat the Buffalo Sabres 7–3 on Saturday, December 19, 1981 at Le Colisée. The Nordiques outshot the Sabres 33–19.
Real Cloutier scored twice, Michel Goulet scored twice and Gilbert Perreault scored twice. Brent Peterson, Anton Stastny, Jacques Richard and Peter Stastny also scored.
Dan Bouchard made 16 saves on 19 shots for the win; Don Edwards stopped 17 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Real Cloutier (15)Pierre Lacroix (12)0–104:21 QUE · 
Michel Goulet (16)Dale Hunter (24), Mario Marois (16)0–204:38 QUE- Michel Goulet (17)Robbie Ftorek (6)0–306:20 QUE ·
Gilbert Perreault (9)Craig Ramsay (14), James Walsh (1)1–317:29 BUF
2nd period
Brent Peterson (2)Yvon Lambert (17), Jean-Francois Sauve (14)2–304:57 BUF
Anton Stastny (14)Peter Stastny (40), Normand Rochefort (5)2–407:16 QUE- Gilbert Perreault (10)Jean-Francois Sauve (15), Bill Hajt (5)3–408:52 BUF
Jacques Richard (10)Robbie Ftorek (7), Alain Cote (7)3–512:01 QUE- Real Cloutier (16)Michel Goulet (16)3–615:54 QUE
3rd period
Peter Stastny (22)Marc Tardif (19), Dave Pichette (15)3–719:26 QUE ·
Team stats
BUFQUE
1933
0%0%
0/52/5
1919
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:45 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 5:04 into the first period
Pierre Lacroix · holding2 min - 8:54 into the first periodReal Cloutier · high sticking2 min
- 12:02 into the first periodMario Marois · high sticking2 min
- 17:11 into the first periodRic Seiling · high sticking2 min
- 17:11 into the first periodDale Hunter · slashing2 min
- 2:33 into the second periodBrent Peterson · holding2 min
- 12:21 into the second periodBill Hajt · hooking2 min
- 12:54 into the second periodMarc Tardif · hooking2 min
- 7:38 into the third periodJean-Francois Sauve · slashing2 min
- 7:38 into the third periodMario Marois · slashing2 min
- 12:03 into the third periodLarry Playfair · fighting5 min
- 12:03 into the third periodWally Weir · fighting5 min
- 13:13 into the third periodDave Pichette · hooking2 min
- 15:42 into the third periodJames Walsh · slashing2 min
- 19:19 into the third periodBob Hess · holding2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 21Jean-Francois SauveC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Yvon LambertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28James WalshD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Dale McCourtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Steve PatrickR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bob HessD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | L | 23 | 6 | .739 |
| 29Jacques CloutierG | 10 | 1 | .900 |
Quebec Nordiques
| 16Michel GouletL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 9Real CloutierR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 38Robbie FtorekC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Marc TardifL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Anton StastnyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 23Jacques RichardL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 5Normand RochefortD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Mario MaroisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25Pierre LacroixD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Dave PichetteD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 2Wally WeirR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Marian StastnyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Louis SleigherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Andre DupontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Clint MalarchukG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Dan BouchardG | W | 19 | 3 | .842 |